Every day, unsung heroes walk among us on the streets of Central Oregon. One bright example can be found at the Midas shop off of 3rd Street in Bend. His name is Raul Fraga, and his brand of heroism is supporting the homeless. His passion...

The group behind restoring the Ace Hotel Portland has overhauled the historic Lodge at Suttle Lake outside of Sisters, rebranding it as Suttle Lodge & Boathouse. Tucked deep in the ponderosa pines, set on the edge of the majestic blue-hued waters of Suttle Lake, the...

As a young girl learning to drive a tractor on her family farm in La Grande, Oregon, Mariah Young never guessed she’d one day use those skills to navigate a truck full of fashionable clothing. But that’s exactly what this thirty-three-year-old entrepreneur did. Young is
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Behind a set of swivel doors at a Bend institution, a whole lot of beer tasting goes on in the early morning hours. It might sound like a party that’s either gone on way too early or way too late, but for Veronica Vega, drinking...

When Cassie Clemans first dreamed of starting her own business, she knew it needed to involve books. The mother of three envisioned creating a place in her Bend westside community that neighbors and friends could walk to and discover the world of reading. She pictured...

“Local snowboard company SnoPlanks is gaining speed with their 2016 flagship model, the Model A board, an advanced iteration of the company’s original bamboo snowboard. The Model A has a bamboo core from tip to tail, reinforced with carbon fiber, offered in both a splitboard...

Tell us a little bit about yourself.
I moved to Bend when I was 12 and was so mad at my parents to be leaving Bellingham, Washington, for the desert. But now I can say I’m happy we did—I’ve been a pro snowboarder for the past...

New places to drink beer seem to pop up every other day in Bend, but it’s not every day that one of the city’s first breweries reinvents its space. For over two decades, locals in search of award-winning craft beer have found it on Brooks...

Sam Olson sits in a room surrounded by the past. Flanking her are two hulking, cast-iron machines from the turn of the nineteenth century. They have foot pedals, large rollers, big iron wheels and look like something straight out of a museum. Olson’s business, Teenee...

A Central Oregon film company aims high with feature film The Astronot
One mark of a good film is when the audience has no idea that the filmmaking wasn’t exactly glamorous. In the realm of independent film, long hours, low budgets, physical labor and unreliable rewards...